Dr. Dennett Norton quotes from RoboCop (2014)

Kind of suit is this?

Dr. Dennett Norton

It's not a... suit, Alex. It's... it-it's you. This was the only option. We're here, all of us, to make you whole again. Full body unlock. I want you to walk now, Alex. You can do that.

This seems so real.

Norton

Alex, it's-it's very important you understand what is happening. This is real. It's not a dream, i-it's not drugs or anesthetics.

I know I'm dreaming because I can feel all of this.

Alex, amputees can often feel their missing appendages. It's called phantom limb sensation.

What do you mean "amputees?" What the hell did you do to me?

Norton

Alex, you need to relax.

Take this off me now.

Alex...

Norton

You need to relax.

I need to get out of this thing.

Alex, Dr. Norton saved your life, there was much needed to repair -

What did you do to me??! [activates visor. chokes Dr. Norton] What have you done to me?

Alex? [sees Dr Norton slump to the floor as Alex walks off] Hey! [attends to Norton; to tech crew] Shut him down.

Norton

No. Let him run, let him run!

Liz Kline

Dr. Norton, how... how is he doing this?

Dr. Dennett Norton

His software is faster. His hardware is stronger. He's a better machine.

Kline

But you said humans hesitate.

Norton

Only when they're making decisions.

Kline

He's not making decisions?

Norton

Well, yes and no. In his everyday life, man rules over the machine; Alex makes his own decisions. Now, when he engages in battle, the visor comes down and the software takes over, then the... the machine does everything. Alex is a... he's a passenger, just along for the ride.

Kline

But if the machine is in control, then how is Murphy accountable? Who's pulling the trigger?

Norton

When the machine fights, the system releases signals into Alex's brain making him think he's doing what our computers are actually doing. I mean, Alex believes right now he is in control, but he's not. It... it's the illusion of free will.

Pat Novak

There's still no word from Omnicorp parent company, OCP. And although the government says they are rebuilding Alex Murphy, rumors continue to swirl about his condition. But we have obtained exclusive video taken by cell phone that shows the people of Detroit may have Alex Murphy back on the streets sooner than they think. The real tragedy here is that our president chose to [pulls up the latest Washington Post] uphold the Dreyfus Act. Now, I have no doubt he was manipulated by our biased media, and by whistleblower Dennett Norton. [shows clip of Norton's Senate testimony as if extracted from the front page]

Dr Dennett Norton

I acknowledge we know less than we thought. But I do believe my research program is sound. What I did with it... was wrong.

Novak

The fact that THIS mother[beep]er is not serving time in some federal penitentiary is a HUGE, HOT, HEAPIN' PILE OF HORSESH[bleep]! [pauses; walks back to centre stage] Now I know some of you may think that this kind of thinking is dangerous, and these machines violate your civil liberties. Some of you even believe that the use of these drones overseas makes us the same kind of bullying imperialists that our forefathers were trying to escape. To you, I say... STOP WHINING! America is now and always will be the greatest country on the face of the Earth! I'm Pat Novak. Good night.